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Development D4 · Environment, Weather and Technology

D4-L04

Environmental Solutions — What Can Be Done?الحُلُولُ البِيئِيَّةُ — مَا الَّذِي يُمْكِنُ عَمَلُهُ؟

Recommend practical solutions using accurate advice, obligation, purpose and subjunctive forms.

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01

Retrieve · orient · prepare

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

  • Understand and use the full lesson vocabulary in connected Arabic.
  • Explain and apply the target grammar accurately.
  • Extract exact information from listening and reading texts.
  • Produce a developed intermediate spoken and written response.

You can show success when…

Tick achievements as you secure them.

Retrieval bridge

Wake up previous learning

Answer four questions before opening the new language.

1Choose the accurate subjunctive form after أَنْ.

2Which form loses a final nūn after أَنْ?

3Which sentence expresses purpose?

4Which pattern names a responsible group?

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02

Recognise · organise · retrieve

Vocabulary studio

The complete lesson-relevant language bank is organised by meaning and recycled in the activities below.

24 lesson words and phrases

Environmental solutions

إِعَادَةُ التَّدْوِيرِ
recycling
الطَّاقَةُ المُتَجَدِّدَةُ
renewable energy
الطَّاقَةُ الشَّمْسِيَّةُ
solar energy
طَاقَةُ الرِّيَاحِ
wind energy
التَّشْجِيرُ
afforestation / tree planting
تَرْشِيدُ المِيَاهِ
water conservation
تَقْلِيلُ الاسْتِهْلَاكِ
reducing consumption
النَّقْلُ العَامُّ
public transport
التَّوْعِيَةُ البِيئِيَّةُ
environmental awareness
التَّنْمِيَةُ المُسْتَدَامَةُ
sustainable development

Action verbs

نُقَلِّلُ مِنْ
we reduce
نُوَفِّرُ
we conserve / save
نَزْرَعُ
we plant
نُعِيدُ التَّدْوِيرَ
we recycle
نَسْتَخْدِمُ
we use
نَسْتَثْمِرُ فِي
we invest in
نَتَخَلَّصُ مِنْ
we get rid of
نَتَبَنَّى
we adopt

Advice, obligation and purpose

يَنْبَغِي أَنْ
should
يَجِبُ عَلَى ... أَنْ
... must
يُمْكِنُ أَنْ
it is possible to
لِكَيْ
in order to
مِنَ الضَّرُورِيِّ أَنْ
it is necessary to
عَلَى المَدَى الطَّوِيلِ
in the long term

Vocabulary mission

Retrieve in both directions

Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.

8 questions
1Choose the meaning of إِعَادَةُ التَّدْوِيرِ

2Choose the Arabic for “renewable energy”.

3Choose the meaning of الطَّاقَةُ الشَّمْسِيَّةُ

4Choose the Arabic for “wind energy”.

5Choose the meaning of التَّشْجِيرُ

6Choose the Arabic for “water conservation”.

7Choose the meaning of تَقْلِيلُ الاسْتِهْلَاكِ

8Choose the Arabic for “public transport”.

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03

Explain · notice · apply

Advice, obligation and purpose

Study each structure in context, compare accurate and inaccurate forms, then apply it in meaningful Arabic.

1Meaning

What does the structure communicate?

2Form

Which word or ending changes?

3Agreement

What must match the noun or person?

4Transfer

Can you use it with new vocabulary?

يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ اسْتِخْدَامَ البِلَاسْتِيكِ.
What to notice

A sound-ending present verb changes its final ḍamma to fatḥa after أَنْ: نُقَلِّلُ → نُقَلِّلَ. It does not “lose a nūn”.

يَجِبُ عَلَى الحُكُومَةِ أَنْ تَسْتَثْمِرَ فِي الطَّاقَةِ المُتَجَدِّدَةِ.
What to notice

Name the responsible person or group after عَلَى.

نَسْتَخْدِمُ النَّقْلَ العَامَّ لِكَيْ نُقَلِّلَ الانْبِعَاثَاتِ.
What to notice

لِكَيْ explains the intended purpose. A sound-ending verb takes fatḥa.

1

Advice with يَنْبَغِي أَنْ

يَنْبَغِي أَنْ + subjunctive present

A sound-ending present verb changes its final ḍamma to fatḥa after أَنْ: نُقَلِّلُ → نُقَلِّلَ. It does not “lose a nūn”.

يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ اسْتِخْدَامَ البِلَاسْتِيكِ.
2

Obligation for a person or group

يَجِبُ عَلَى + noun + أَنْ + subjunctive

Name the responsible person or group after عَلَى.

يَجِبُ عَلَى الحُكُومَةِ أَنْ تَسْتَثْمِرَ فِي الطَّاقَةِ المُتَجَدِّدَةِ.
3

Purpose with لِكَيْ

action + لِكَيْ + subjunctive

لِكَيْ explains the intended purpose. A sound-ending verb takes fatḥa.

نَسْتَخْدِمُ النَّقْلَ العَامَّ لِكَيْ نُقَلِّلَ الانْبِعَاثَاتِ.
4

The five verbs after أَنْ

أَنْ + one of the five verbs → nūn is omitted

Only the five verbs lose their final nūn: يُعِيدُونَ → أَنْ يُعِيدُوا. Ordinary forms such as نُقَلِّلُ do not contain that nūn.

يَجِبُ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَنْ يُعِيدُوا التَّدْوِيرَ.
StructureHow it worksAccurate example
Advice with يَنْبَغِي أَنْيَنْبَغِي أَنْ + subjunctive presentيَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ اسْتِخْدَامَ البِلَاسْتِيكِ.
Obligation for a person or groupيَجِبُ عَلَى + noun + أَنْ + subjunctiveيَجِبُ عَلَى الحُكُومَةِ أَنْ تَسْتَثْمِرَ فِي الطَّاقَةِ المُتَجَدِّدَةِ.
Purpose with لِكَيْaction + لِكَيْ + subjunctiveنَسْتَخْدِمُ النَّقْلَ العَامَّ لِكَيْ نُقَلِّلَ الانْبِعَاثَاتِ.
The five verbs after أَنْأَنْ + one of the five verbs → nūn is omittedيَجِبُ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَنْ يُعِيدُوا التَّدْوِيرَ.
1
Read the whole Arabic message

Use the complete phrase and its context; do not decide from one isolated word.

2
Accuracy serves meaning

Agreement, prepositions and verb endings change what a sentence communicates.

Grammar laboratory

Choose the form for a reason

Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.

8 questions
1Choose the accurate advice sentence.

2Which explanation of نُقَلِّلَ is accurate?

3Choose the accurate obligation.

4Choose the accurate purpose sentence.

5Which five-verb form is correct after أَنْ?

6Complete: ___ أَنْ نَسْتَخْدِمَ الطَّاقَةَ الشَّمْسِيَّةَ.

7Choose the accurate sentence with a plural addressee.

8Which sentence clearly states purpose rather than cause?

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04

Build · transform · justify

Sentence-building and transformation studio

The guided builder develops flexible sentence construction. The three independent tasks then test different skills: grammatical transformation, meaning and coherence, and original sentence production.

Combinatorial builder studio

Build several accurate recommendations.

This guided builder accepts 27 accurate combinations. Build 3 different sentences, changing one meaningful chunk each time. Compare the grammar and meaning before moving to the independent tasks.

My generated sentence

اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.

0/3 different sentences built.

All three frames are followed by أَنْ and a first-person plural subjunctive verb ending in fatḥa.

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Transformation challenge

Apply the subjunctive after أَنْ

Place the present verb after يَجِبُ أَنْ and mark its ending accurately.
Original sentence

نُقَلِّلُ النُّفَايَاتِ.

Begin with يَجِبُ أَنْ.
Choose the best Arabic response
2
Meaning and coherence

Distinguish the five verbs

Select the recommendation in which the final nūn is correctly deleted after أَنْ.
Communication purpose

The subject is السُّكَّانُ and the base verb is يُعِيدُونَ.

Choose the best Arabic response
3
Independent production builder

Build two action-and-purpose sentences

Choose an environmental action, a purpose with لِكَيْ and a context. Underline both subjunctive verbs.
Chunk 1
Chunk 2
Chunk 3
اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ عَمُودٍ.

لِكَيْ introduces purpose and is followed by a subjunctive present verb ending in fatḥa.

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0/3 purposeful tasks secured.

05

Read · understand · respond

Environmental Solutions — What Can Be Done? — Arabic application mission

Every answer depends on understanding the Arabic and applying the lesson language accurately.

Arabic application challenge

Every answer depends on understanding the Arabic and applying the lesson language accurately.

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06

Spot · explain · repair

Accuracy repair workshop

Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.

يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلُ النُّفَايَاتِ.

يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ النُّفَايَاتِ.

نُقَلِّلُ is a sound-ending verb; after أن it takes fatḥa.

يَجِبُ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَنْ يُعِيدُونَ التَّدْوِيرَ.

يَجِبُ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَنْ يُعِيدُوا التَّدْوِيرَ.

يعيدون is one of the five verbs, so its nūn is omitted after أن.

نَسْتَخْدِمُ الطَّاقَةَ الشَّمْسِيَّةَ لِكَيْ نُقَلِّلُ الانْبِعَاثَاتِ.

نَسْتَخْدِمُ الطَّاقَةَ الشَّمْسِيَّةَ لِكَيْ نُقَلِّلَ الانْبِعَاثَاتِ.

لكي is followed by the subjunctive.

Repair check

Preserve the intended meaning

6 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence.

2Choose the accurate sentence.

3Choose the accurate sentence.

4Choose the accurate advice sentence.

5Which explanation of نُقَلِّلَ is accurate?

6Choose the accurate obligation.

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07

Predict · listen twice · verify

Listening: practical environmental solutions

Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.

1Predict

Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?

2First listening

Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.

3Second listening

Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.

Audio is coming soon.
1What should people reduce?

2What must schools recycle?

3What must governments invest in?

4Who can conserve water?

5Why should families conserve water?

6Which structure assigns obligation to a named group?

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Listening script

هُنَاكَ حُلُولٌ عَمَلِيَّةٌ لِحِمَايَةِ البِيئَةِ. يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ اسْتِخْدَامَ البِلَاسْتِيكِ، وَيَجِبُ عَلَى المَدَارِسِ أَنْ تُعِيدَ تَدْوِيرَ الوَرَقِ. كَمَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الحُكُومَاتِ أَنْ تَسْتَثْمِرَ فِي الطَّاقَةِ الشَّمْسِيَّةِ وَطَاقَةِ الرِّيَاحِ. وَيُمْكِنُ لِلأُسَرِ أَنْ تُرَشِّدَ المَاءَ لِكَيْ تَحْمِيَ المَوَارِدَ الطَّبِيعِيَّةَ.

08

Preview · scan · prove

Reading: a school recycling plan

Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.

1Preview

Identify the text type and likely purpose.

2Scan

Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.

3Prove

Choose only an answer supported by the text.

لِحَلِّ مُشْكِلَةِ النُّفَايَاتِ فِي المَدْرَسَةِ، يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ الأَغْلِفَةَ البِلَاسْتِيكِيَّةَ، وَأَنْ نَضَعَ حَاوِيَاتٍ لِإِعَادَةِ التَّدْوِيرِ. وَيَجِبُ عَلَى الطُّلَّابِ أَنْ يَفْصِلُوا الوَرَقَ عَنِ البِلَاسْتِيكِ، كَمَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الإِدَارَةِ أَنْ تُنَظِّمَ حَمْلَةَ تَوْعِيَةٍ. وَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ نَسْتَخْدِمَ زُجَاجَاتٍ قَابِلَةً لِإِعَادَةِ الاسْتِخْدَامِ لِكَيْ نُقَلِّلَ كَمِّيَّةَ النُّفَايَاتِ.
1What problem is the plan designed to solve?

2What should be reduced?

3What must students do?

4What must the administration organise?

5What reusable item is suggested?

6What is the purpose of reusable bottles?

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09

Model · rehearse · respond

Speaking: recommend and justify solutions

Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.

Prompt bank

  1. مَاذَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَفْعَلَ؟
  2. مَاذَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الحُكُومَةِ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ؟
  3. أَيُّ حَلٍّ أَكْثَرُ فَعَالِيَّةً وَلِمَاذَا؟

اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.

Model exchange

A

مَاذَا يَجِبُ عَلَى المَدْرَسَةِ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ؟

Question
B

يَجِبُ عَلَى المَدْرَسَةِ أَنْ تَضَعَ حَاوِيَاتٍ لِإِعَادَةِ التَّدْوِيرِ، وَأَنْ تُنَظِّمَ حَمْلَةً لِكَيْ تُقَلِّلَ النُّفَايَاتِ.

Developed answer
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10

Plan · draft · improve

Guided writing workshop

Write 120–140 Arabic words proposing solutions to one environmental problem.

Success checklist

  • Describe the problem briefly.
  • Use ينبغي أن, يجب على ... أن and لكي accurately.
  • Include responsibility for individuals and government.
  • Evaluate one limitation and conclude.
1 · content2 · target grammar3 · check and improve
Reveal an achievable model

تُعَانِي مَدْرَسَتُنَا مِنْ زِيَادَةِ النُّفَايَاتِ البِلَاسْتِيكِيَّةِ. لِحَلِّ هٰذِهِ المُشْكِلَةِ، يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نُقَلِّلَ اسْتِخْدَامَ الأَكْوَابِ وَالأَكْيَاسِ الَّتِي تُسْتَعْمَلُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً. وَيَجِبُ عَلَى الطُّلَّابِ أَنْ يُعِيدُوا التَّدْوِيرَ، كَمَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الإِدَارَةِ أَنْ تُوَفِّرَ حَاوِيَاتٍ مُنَاسِبَةً. وَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ نَسْتَخْدِمَ زُجَاجَاتٍ قَابِلَةً لِإِعَادَةِ الاسْتِخْدَامِ لِكَيْ نُقَلِّلَ كَمِّيَّةَ البِلَاسْتِيكِ. عَلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، مِنَ الضَّرُورِيِّ أَنْ نَنْشُرَ الوَعْيَ البِيئِيَّ. فِي رَأْيِي، هٰذِهِ الخُطُوَاتُ عَمَلِيَّةٌ وَقَابِلَةٌ لِلتَّطْبِيقِ.

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Retrieve · judge · transfer

Complete the lesson checkpoint

The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.

Core

Use the vocabulary banks and sentence frames to produce four accurate connected sentences.

Develop

Use several target structures in a linked paragraph or sustained spoken answer.

Stretch

Evaluate, compare or qualify ideas using precise evidence and formal linking language.

Final self-marking check

Show what you can now do

6 questions
1Choose the accurate subjunctive form after أَنْ.

2Which form loses a final nūn after أَنْ?

3Which sentence expresses purpose?

4Which pattern names a responsible group?

5Choose the accurate advice sentence.

6Which explanation of نُقَلِّلَ is accurate?

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